Sir Edward Coke and the Reformation of the Laws - Religion, Politics and Jurisprudence, 1578-1616

Informationen zum Autor David Chan Smith is an Assistant Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, where he researches business and law in the early modern Atlantic world. Zusammenfassung This book! the first extended study of the legal thought of Edward Coke! investigates how law reform impacted his understanding of individual rights! royal authority! and the need for confidence in legal institutions. In doing so! it offers a new explanation for the shaping of early modern constitutional thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Uncertainty and the reformation of the laws; 3. 'The most dangerous oppressor': the misuse of the law; 4. Confidence and corruption: the law in the Fens; 5. Identity and narratives of the past; 6. Reason and reform; 7. Pragmatism and the High Commission; 8. Chancery, reform, and the limits of cooperation; 9. Delegation and moral kingship; 10. Conclusion.

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• Authors: David Chan Smith, David Chan (Wilfrid Laurier University Smith, Smith David Chan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781107639546
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63954-6
• No. of pages: 309
• Series: Cambridge Studies in English Legal History; Cambridge Studies in English L
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; England, Wales, History of Ideas, Law, British & Irish history, Legal History, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Constitutional & administrative law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law